The Acolyte

Summary

Star Wars : The Acolyte , Star Wars’newest Disney+ goggle box show , will formally release with a two - installment premiere on June 4 , 2024 , and , despite rampant speculation , the show will not be retconning the history of the Sith fromStar war : Episode I - The Phantom Menace . As one of the most thrilling inclusion in the lineup ofStar Wars’upcoming television set shows , The Acolytewill be coiffure in theStar WarsHigh Republic Eraand explore the Jedi Order prior to the events of theStar Warsprequel trilogy . However , that does not mean changing the prequels .

Updates onThe Acolyteare on-going , butThe Acolyte’sfull lagger breakdownclearly shows a crimson lightsaber flying through the air . While there is already some concern circulate that this may mean a retcon to the assertion inThe Phantom Menacethat the Sith have been out for a thousand years , that belike is n’t the case . In fact , this only supports what the prequel trilogy has already shown .

The Acolyte will bring out watcher to a whole new part of the Star Wars timeline - but how does this next Disney+ video show jibe with the Skywalker saga ?

The Acolyte Poster Showing Jedi Order, Mae, and a Sith Lord Holding Lightsabers

The Sith Clearly WEREN’T Extinct For A Thousand Years

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Although the Jedi in theStar Warsprequel trilogy believe that the Sith are nonextant , so much so that they are incredulous when Palpatine reveals himself to be a Sith Lord despite Darth Maul and Count Dooku ’s routine throughoutThe Phantom Menace , Star Wars : Episode II - Attack of the Clones , andStar warfare : Episode III - Revenge of the Sith , audiences have always known the Sith stay . The very nature of Palpatine ’s infiltration of the Republic demonstrates that the Sith were undercover but still a threat . Palpatine ’s own master , Darth Plagueis , also makes reset the Sith persisted .

The very nature of Palpatine ’s infiltration of the Republic evidence that the Sith were undercover but still a threat .

This actually highlights the consequence with the Jedi in the prequel trilogy . As Luke Skywalker said inStar war : The Last Jedi , the Jedi Councilsuffered from government issue with hubris . They believe they had defeated the Sith , so their defence were down . This is in particular confusing because the Jedi know the dark and the light will rise to foregather each other ( arguably , balance in the Force ) , so they should have wait that the Sith , or some smashing darkness in the Force , loaf . Either agency , this is therefore not a retcon ; it substantiate whatStar Warshas already made light .

Yoda from the Phantom Menace in the foreground looking serious in front of the red lightsaber from the Acolyte trailer

The Sith Encountered Jedi Over Many Times Before The Phantom Menace

Even before Palpatine and Darth Maul get on the scene inThe Phantom Menace , it ’s open that the Sith and the Jedi had crossovers with one another over the supposed thousand year when the Sith were eradicated . In fact , the Sith ’s red lightsabers alone suggest that these skirmish continued to happen . Sith learner get their red lightsabers by hunting down and kill a Jedi , take their lightsaber , and ' phlebotomise ' the kyber crystal within it , a process which turns the color of the original crystal red . This in and of itself reflects that the Sith remained in some capacity .

The red lightsaber render inThe Acolytetrailer even showcases that this contract topographic point prior to the show , as this lightsaber would have been constructed in the same manner . While the timeline is unclear , think that its twist may have been immediately followed byThe Acolyte , it is at minimum a admonisher that the Jedi and Sith are linked - and , again , the perceptual experience of the Jedi inThe Phantom Menaceand the oddment of the prequel trilogy should not be call for as fact . After all , the Jedi Council are the very one who had a Sith under their noses .

The perception of the Jedi in The Phantom Menace and the end of the prequel trilogy should not be choose as fact .

Mae (Amandla Stenberg) wields a dagger with her hood up and her mask on. She’s edited over The Acolyte’s poster and an old-fashioned watch.

The Acolyte’s Sith-Jedi Encounter Is Very Easy Indeed To Explain

There are uncounted intellect this perception inThe Phantom Menacecould exist without it meaning that canyon is change orThe Acolytewill be retconning the events of the prequel trilogy . For one , the Jedi Council has already been distinctly shown to be flawed . If it was n’t the hubris of their belief that they ’d successfully defeated the Sith always , it could just as well be that they were concealing the truth . After all , they ’ve proven themselves to be deceitful in other elbow room , at one point fudge Obi - Wan ’s demise even to Anakin , and at another , asking Anakin to spy on Palpatine .

If it was n’t the hubris of their notion that they ’d successfully defeated the Sith forever , it could just as easily be that they were conceal the trueness .

While a Trygve Halvden Lie so significant would be a much with child mar for the Jedi , it would make sense . For the rescript to continue , parent needed to agree to their younglings being take and raised as Jedi . That is a much easier sell if the Jedi acquaint it as though the gravest peril has been take away and the Jedi are solely about peace . Moreover , the Jedi could have been in denial , as they are in the prequel trilogy . Perhaps the evil that climb up up inThe Acolytedoesn’t claim the name ' Sith , ' make it easy to ignore .

Emperor Palpatine in the Senate in Revenge of the Sith after his transformation, smiling darkly

There are also graver theory , such as that no survivors remain to recount the ' coming back ' of the Sith , if it is to be one . In any grammatical case , Star Warsis not soon going to gut the prequel trilogy . If the franchise can make siblings kissing make horse sense , it can sure enough handle unpack what exactly the Sith were doing for all that prison term . WhileStar state of war : The Acolytewill sure bring newfangled light to theStar Warsprequel trilogy , it is n’t retconning the story of the Sith .

Star Wars : The Acolytestarts streaming June 4th on Disney+ .

All Star Wars TV shows & motion picture are available to stream on Disney+

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